After the SCSs have been formulated, training providers will be able to design training programmes that would help learners achieve the specified competency standards. As the competency standards were developed by industry, the relevance of the training programmes to the requirements of the industry would be ensured. Upon completion of SCS-based programmes, trainees will possess skills that can be objectively measured. Such information may facilitate employers to identify suitable talents; thus reducing possible losses incurred by unfit appointments, as well as shortening the new recruits' adaptation period and minimizing related costs.

Also, training providers will enjoy flexibility over the design of learning pathways to meet the different needs of students. Trainees will be free to acquire any units of competency specified in the SCS according to their own needs, and to accumulate credits to obtain various qualifications. These may be qualifications of different levels within the same functional area (i.e. vertical qualifications) or qualifications of the same level across a number of functional areas (i.e. horizontal qualifications) or whole qualifications (i.e. certificates, diplomas, etc.)

Since SCS-based programmes are developed with units of competency, trainees may have their qualifications (including qualifications obtained from formal studies as well as those obtained from the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) mechanism) accumulated and move along the ladder of progression without the need to start from scratch. The SCSs also provide clear progression pathways whereby trainees may draw up their own career development plans. By referring to the SCSs, employers may provide tailor-made in-service training to individual employees, or use the SCSs as yardsticks for identifying personnel with suitable skills and knowledge for recruitment or promotional purposes.

In the long run, SCSs will ensure effective deployment of training resources available, and all SCS-based qualifications will be widely recognized and supported by the industries.